| Wednesday, August 18, 2010
MOFD Takes Fire Safety to Lamorinda Area Elementary Schools
Believing that prevention through education saves lives, the Moraga-Orinda Fire District (MOFD) visits Orinda and Moraga elementary schools every year to teach fire and life safety education to kindergarten through fifth grade students. Recently, MOFD revamped its ...By Lucy Amaral
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| Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Getting Ready for Back to School
TIt's mid-August. The K-12 school year begins in a few days. Regardless of whether this makes your children cheer or groan, it's time to rev up their cognitive juices.
Sure, you can ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Troop 249: The Eagles Have Landed
Troop 249 of Moraga recently welcomed a convocation of new Eagles in a Court of Honor held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Saints. The six newest members of Troop 249's Eagle's Nest include recent Campo graduates Cameron Bell and Riley Stevenson of Moraga and ...Submitted by Sue Severson
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| Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Troop 224's New Eagles
Boy Scouts of America Troop 224 is pleased to announce the attainment of Eagle rank for three of its members - Eric Lyman, Michael Bayer, and Troy Roberts. Troop 224 is chartered by Happy Valley Elementary School. They were honored at an Eagle Court of Honor on June ...Submitted by Marilyn Bayer
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| Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Science in the Kitchen - Air Pressure
Air is all around us of course. You can imagine this air "stacked" on top of you in a column that reaches all the way up to space. All this air is pushing on you, not just down on you, but from all sides, much like water pushes on you when you swim to the bottom of a ...By Jonathan Winter
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| Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Ask Dr. Harold Transitions
Dear Dr. Harold,
I was recently at an event for a local company called Green Buddha and most of the parents had children who were making a transition. Many of the kids were going to ...By Dr. Harold Hoyle, Ph.D.
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| Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Michael Lane Preschool Earns NAEYC Accreditation
Lafayette's Michael Lane Preschool has earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) - the nation's leading organization of early childhood professionals.
Submitted by Peg Matson
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| Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Science in the Kitchen - Density
Have you ever noticed how oil and vinegar salad dressing separates in the jar? Even if you're not a salad lover, you might have seen your parents shaking up the dressing to mix it before putting it on their salad. The separation has to do with the density of the two ...By Jonathan Winter
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| Wednesday, July 21, 2010
A Midsummer Night's Kid Fest
Carol Upshaw's Lafayette garden was filled with play and pretend with a purpose on Friday, July 16th.
The former high school English teacher and current director of the Shakespeare for ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Keith Lawrence Visits Summer String Thing
Lamorinda string players were treated to a lively clinic offered by a special guest at the "Summer String Thing," a two-week camp at the Hacienda de las Flores through Moraga Parks and Recreation. Keith Lawrence, viola player for the Quartet San Francisco, a G ...Submitted by Adam Noel
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| Wednesday, July 21, 2010
A New Superintendent for the Moraga School District
It's probably not an easy task to step into the shoes of former Moraga School District Superintendent Rick Schafer, who retired in June after ten years of service. But Bruce Burns, a man with a quite different demeanor, picked up the reins at the beginning of July ...By Sophie Braccini
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